- Jurisdiction
- New Jersey
Hi my Dear Advisor; I work for an international billion dollar company that has always come to a three year contract negotiations stating they don't want to pay us another .10cents an hour. They claim its the money not our performance. Less than 35 employees in school district cafeteria in NJ managed by Aramark Food Services (headquarters in Philly). They seem very unethical. The school district has five buildings/ kitchens and one Aramark director for the past 6 years at this location. This year, more than ever, we are chronically short staff as the dir. claims she's waiting to hire people as soon as they are fingerprinted and approved. We know for a fact she has turned away people we've sent stating there are no positions open- even to one who already works in the district.
She had one woman age 76, one lung and a diabetic work two jobs by herself without a penny more, our contract only addresses a job classification rate. That poor women went two months then collapsed at home and broke her shoulder and fractured a bone in her neck.
I put in for mileage and the director accused me of imaging it in the past, could I prove I once got mileage. She said she didn't know how to pay mileage and she asked if I was upset that I sound angry. She always makes up stuff when I ask a question. Later I told her it was in the contract & payroll will show her how. Others found out they were supposed to be getting mileage, thought she should have done it automatically. We can't adjust our own payroll account. We depend on her duty of good faith. Today a woman told me the director will pay her extra 15 minutes for her mileage the difference is between $2.67 taxable income vs. $7.91business expense not subject to taxes. We are in contract talks which last time lasted 9 months, not time for grievances. Is the director free to deny, orally change and mislead us about the contract? Can we ask Aramark to make good on the contract now that we know we've been duped?
She had one woman age 76, one lung and a diabetic work two jobs by herself without a penny more, our contract only addresses a job classification rate. That poor women went two months then collapsed at home and broke her shoulder and fractured a bone in her neck.
I put in for mileage and the director accused me of imaging it in the past, could I prove I once got mileage. She said she didn't know how to pay mileage and she asked if I was upset that I sound angry. She always makes up stuff when I ask a question. Later I told her it was in the contract & payroll will show her how. Others found out they were supposed to be getting mileage, thought she should have done it automatically. We can't adjust our own payroll account. We depend on her duty of good faith. Today a woman told me the director will pay her extra 15 minutes for her mileage the difference is between $2.67 taxable income vs. $7.91business expense not subject to taxes. We are in contract talks which last time lasted 9 months, not time for grievances. Is the director free to deny, orally change and mislead us about the contract? Can we ask Aramark to make good on the contract now that we know we've been duped?